Jake Allen’s Ockhamist.com

How many economists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
 
None. If the light bulb really needed changing, market forces would have already caused it to happen.
 
Madness!

I had wondered for some time how people who were not family (not married) bought property together without a corporation.  I wasn’t planning on it. No, I am just curious in the absurd.  Bankrate illuminates this, as it does so many issues. It explains to a woman how to buy a house with her boyfriend, […]

When I was a small child, I realized that the world values conformity more than excellence.  I decided, therefore, to become a mad scientist, taking unsafe shortcuts in laboratory experimentation to achieve world domination. Fortunately for me, super-heroes are not real, so there would be no one to stop me.  The world is very lucky […]

The two Google billionaries are getting sued/suing the guy paid by their holding company to modify their party-in-the-sky Boeing 767.  This WSJ article is a riot!
 
Also on Drudge right now, Justin Timerlake vows to change pop music, to make it even worse.  Because nobody has ever “pushed the boundaries” in music before.
 
Madness!

Blandus Rex is not dead.  I am working on a big project.  Stay Tuned.  More to come. . .
 

I need to drive less. Gas is taking a bigger part of my budget than I had realized. Madness!
 
Ex-Soldier from Fort Campbell, KY filed in Louisville US District Court for a gag order, to be applied even to the President and Sec. Defense.  Finally someone with sense abut the Iraqi conflict?  Or does the public […]

I bought an airline ticket last week from Louisville (where I live) to Orlando (where I report to my handler) for MORE money than my farefinder gadget just produced. If I had been clairvoyant, I would have known to wait a week. Unfortunately for me, I have a Tiresias complex (not the gender confusion in […]

“Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.” 
 - Groucho Marx
 
Madness!

First, a co-worker and friend of mine lost most of his belongings to a fire early this morning. Everyone is ok.  Lift him up! He has temporary housing but the five guys are looking for a new place to live.
 Also, Louisville’s US Congresswoman Anne Northop lost her son yesterday.  He died of an undiagnosed heart […]

First, a co-worker and friend of mine lost most of his belongings to a fire early this morning. Everyone is ok.  Lift him up! He has temporary housing but the five guys are looking for a new place to live.
 Also, Louisville’s US Congresswoman Anne Northop lost her son yesterday.  He died of an undiagnosed heart […]

 . . . they first make mad. Oui, et les dieux ont soif.
Iran, it seems, has begun its war with Israel. Enter world energy crisis and minor recession. Market uncertainty.
The Persians have been playing chess much longer than the Europeans.  They are better at it.  Unlike chess, however, real armies are of different sizes and […]

President Bush says that Hezbollah needs to stop doing this s***.
 Madness!

I don’t care what the critics say, I am a M. Night Shyamalan fan.  What I like about Shyamalan’s work is that he tells stories – good ones, that hold my interest and say something interesting.
Like The Village, this is not really a horror movie.  Shyamalan noted in an NPR interview that his movies are […]